Wu Haibo's words made sense.
It was just like how it was impossible for an elementary school student to get high marks in his national college examination with just a few university textbooks.
It was also impossible for a three-year-old to win against an elite special forces soldier with the most advanced motorized armor.
With the current standards of human civilization, no matter how many resources, time, and smart brains they poured into it, it was impossible for them to activate and inherit all the power in the ancient ruins.
But to Dragon City, time, resources, and smart brains were the things they lacked the most.
Good steel should be used where it mattered most. Suspending most of the exploration and research projects in the ancient ruins was the most reasonable decision made by the authorities based on the current situation.
However, to Meng Chao, who knew just how devastating the war in the Other World would be in the next few decades, this decision was a huge mistake.
Perhaps they only needed the runic symbols, secret treasures, and the remains of prehistoric war machines at the perimeter of the ancient ruins to fight against normal monsters, elves, dwarves, vampires, and magicians.
But if they wanted to win against the extraordinary beings of the Other World who stood above all other races and toyed with the fate of all carbon-based intelligent life forms in their palms, rifles, grenades, rocket launchers, and main battle tanks were not enough. They were far from enough.
No matter how high the risk was, Dragon City had to persevere and explore the depths of the ancient ruins.
They had to train more Deep Ones to form the full picture of the ancient civilization and discover the truth behind why they summoned Earthlings here.
Otherwise, even if Dragon City turned into an Extraordinary Disaster again and became ten times stronger than what Meng Chao remembered, they would not be able to escape from the hands of the extraordinary beings of the Other World.
Of course, the current Meng Chao did not have the power to push this matter.
He intended to completely destroy the monster civilization and the projects he invested in were on the right track. Once he had enough cash flow, he would turn around and increase the investments in the other projects in the ruins research center.
He believed that once the true faces of the Other World races were revealed to the Dragon Citizens, the smart Dragon Citizens would definitely be able to smell the great business opportunities hidden in the projects he had set up beforehand.
He did not even need to wait for the monkey version weapons, Dragon Mansion Cola, Earth Brand cigarettes, and other products to be exported and bring profits.
The financial operations in the early stages alone were already enough for him to earn a lot of money, and his cash flow was very good.
At that time, Meng Chao believed that with his funds and connections, he would definitely be able to get a greater say in the ruins research center.
He did not need to be in a hurry to immediately enter the deep submergence zone.
Accumulating enough manpower, technology, and equipment for new explorations could be prepared for a rainy day.
When he thought of this, Meng Chao focused even more and listened to Wu Haibo introduce the current situation of the ruins research center.
Wu Haibo also had high hopes for Meng Chao, who was a money tree that was growing stronger by the day.
His saliva flew everywhere, and he talked non-stop, doing his best to introduce the dishes.
He told Meng Chao that the ruins research center was currently working on more than one hundred and twenty projects.
It sounded like there were a lot of projects, but in his opinion, the quality of most of them wasn't that great.
Basically, they were all projects that accurately measured the primordial weapons, shrank them according to the size of human beings, and then replicated them. They were very practical, but they were not very original, and they did not improve the fundamental theories or the technological level.
There was nothing he could do about it. Regardless of whether it was the mega corporations or the Red Dragon Army, they were only willing to invest in projects that were low in difficulty, practical, and had quick results.
Under the great pressure of the Monster War, it was impossible for them to waste decades and pour in astronomical amounts of resources to fight for a breakthrough in basic theories that had no real value.
"Over the past few years, the atmosphere in the research center has become worse. Everyone is eager for instant benefits, and they're restless. It's as if the only standard to measure the feasibility of a project is fighting strength. No matter what treasure we dig out from the ancient ruins, the first thing we say is, 'Just how much can this thing increase humanity's fighting strength?' "The more it increases, the more investment we have, and the less we can increase it. If we don't know its uses, they won't even look at it. If they just give you a few measly research funds, you should be thanking the heavens!"
As Wu Haibo spoke, he started grumbling again. "Originally, only Project 101 and Project 109 were left in the research center, and they were slightly related to basic theory research. If everyone helped each other and flattered the businesses a little, we could get a few more funds from the higher-ups. But who knew that Project 109's explosion two years ago didn't just reduce us to ashes, it nearly destroyed half of the underground space. Even the Supernatural Tower was affected.
"Because of that, the higher-ups believe that our research is too dangerous. Many of the investors pulled out of their funds and would rather research how to increase the attack of a divine weapon by 5% or how to reduce the cooldown time of a super killing move by three to five seconds. These are just insignificant tricks. They're not willing to invest in our research, which might allow our entire civilization to move freely in the universe. It's a research that will change the era!"
"Wait a minute, the big explosion two years ago even affected them?"
A thought appeared in Meng Chao's head.
Wu Haibo was most likely talking about the explosion that happened under the Supernatural Tower when he returned to the past.
Understanding the truth behind the explosion was one of Meng Chao's main reasons for entering the ancient ruins.
He originally wanted to beat around the bush and test the waters.
He did not expect that his status as the youngest blood badge holder in Dragon City, the Battle God's assistant lecturer, and a young, hot-headed, and rich investor would be so useful. Before he could ask, Wu Haibo told him everything.
"Project 101 is researching controllable transmigration technology. I wonder what Project 109 is researching?"
Meng Chao asked curiously. "Besides, what sort of research would cause half of the underground space to explode?"
"Project 109 might be the most mysterious and unfathomable project in the entire ruins research center. In truth, even the members of the project don't know what answer they will find," Wu Haibo said mysteriously.
Wu Haibo said mysteriously, "To be more specific, Project 109 studies a body, a translucent body that seems to be carved out of crystals.
"A crystalline corpse?" Meng Chao was a little stunned.
Was this corpse related to his return from the apocalypse?
"We've dug out quite a lot of corpses, wreckage, fossils, and other such things from the ruins. Most of them are strange and monstrous. Even veteran harvesters like you will feel disgusted for three days and three nights if you look at them. We've seen a lot of them, so we don't care about them. But this corpse is incredibly strange. Even now, when I think about it, I still feel chills down my spine," Wu Haibo said.
Wu Haibo said, "This crystal-clear corpse is about three meters tall. Other than the size and the materials that make up its body, it's almost no different from an Earthling. Whether it's the brain, eyeballs, blood vessels, nerves, limbs, or internal organs, it has everything.
"The only organ that Earthlings don't have is its spirit meridians.
"You know, even if we Earthlings cultivate and awaken to supernatural abilities, our spirit meridians are still invisible and untouchable. They're not real organs. They're just spirit energy paths that are bound by vitality magnetic fields.
"But aside from blood vessels and nerves, this semi-transparent corpse has a profound and complicated spirit meridian system that's as thin as a spider's web.
"It makes us wonder if all carbon-based intelligent lifeforms who are born with spirit meridian systems are born with the ability to use spirit energy. Are they all born superhumans?
"But that's not the strangest thing.
"The strangest thing was that when we found this crystal-clear corpse, it was leaning against a broken Primordial Rune Machine. There was no sign of injury on its body, and its expression was very serene, as if it had long expected its own ending.
"And on its legs, there is an alloy armor panel placed upright. It should have been dismantled from a runic machine, but it has used it as a 'letter paper' and a 'drawing board'. On it, it has drawn … a will.
"Up to this date, we still haven't been able to decipher the contents of the will. The person used a language that's even more complicated and intricate than runic symbols. It's clearly presented on a two-dimensional surface, but it has an effect that surpasses that of a three-dimensional image. Each word seems to contain information from an entire library.
"However, we can still recognize the drawings that the other party drew on the alloy panel.
"Because the person drew our home, Earth!"
"What?"
Meng Chao nearly cried out.
A carbon-based intelligent life form that died in the depths of the Primordial Relic a long time ago had drawn Earth in its "will"?
It did sound extremely strange.
"Yes, it's Earth. It's the third planet in the solar system, and it has a satellite called the Moon," Wu Haibo said.
Wu Haibo said, "The other party has accurately mapped out the topography of Eurasia on Earth. Whether it's the mountains, basins, rivers, islands, or coastlines, they're all very similar to Earth.
"Even though there are billions of planets in the universe, I don't think that there will be a second planet that will grow up to look like Earth without human intervention."
"Wait …" Meng Chao frowned and asked.
Meng Chao frowned and asked, "Did he draw the current Earth, or the Earth from tens of thousands of years ago?"
This was a very crucial question.
After all, the terrain on Earth was not the same.
The seemingly indestructible tectonic plates were in truth like eggshells that flowed on magma. They were constantly colliding, squeezing, tearing, eroding, and growing.
As the saying went, the world changed.
There was no need to talk about the era of Pangu Continent, where all the tectonic plates had fused into one.
Even over the past ten thousand years, the coastlines of Eurasia had gone through very obvious changes.
If the person had drawn some famous rivers, they would have gone through countless floods and had their routes changed over the past one thousand years. It was impossible for them to remain the same.
"You've hit the nail on the head."
Wu Haibo put on a mysterious smile. "The person drew the current Earth. Regardless of whether it's the mountains, rivers, or coastlines, they're all the Earth from the twenty-first century to the twenty-second century."
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